What's happening down on the allotment? An intimate account of a passionate veggie grower.

Monday, July 14, 2008

News from the Greenhouse

Just look at these! Over the past couple of days I noticed that my tomatoes had changed from a green colour, to a paler green, and now for definite there are signs of ripening. This is phenomenally early for a beefsteak type tomato which usually fruit later in the Summer. This is a new variety this year from the Thompson & Morgan catalogue, it is 'Country Taste' - I will leave it to ripen really well, apparently the lycopene levels in tomatoes rise substantially the longer you leave them to go really ripe on the plant.

Meanwhile elsewhere my potted sweet pepper seems to be making an effort too!

You can see that her little Sisters are not far behind either!

Going great guns in the greenhouse are these Moneymaker tomato. Still no signs of red spider mite following my treatment with a natural pest control a few weeks ago. Awaits the acid test in August when things really heat up in there.

6 Comments:

Those toms look good. We've started to get a few Sungold - always early - and the first Golden Sunrise yesterday. This is very sweet, but a bit bland to my taste. Still, it will definitely add colour to a salad. Your beefsteaks seriously early!

Hi Matron! The vegetables look very healthy. That information about lycopene content going up by allowing the tomato to ripen on the plant is interesting; i'll ensure that i follow the advice.'Moneymaker Tomatoes'! they look very cute and interesting too. Why are they called so?

About Me

I was born 20 yards from our allotment. My parents used to 'dig for victory' and never got out of the habit. I grew up on an allotment, so growing veggies is a way of life. I am also qualified as a dog behaviourist and I have set up my own business, blackdog-training.co.uk